Primer extension for automobiles



Sept 21 1926. I x

d B. F. AHALT PRIMER EXTENSION FOR AUTQMOBILES Filed July 1o, 192e A Patented-Sept. 21, 1926. y

iini'rso srar BRUCE F. AHALT, OF MIDDLETO'WN, MARYLAND.

PRIMER EXTENSION FOR AUTOMOBIEES.

Application led July 10, 1926. Serial No. 121,524.

My invention consists of a primer extension for Ford automobiles and has for its object the provision of a neat, simple and useful device -vvhereby the primer on Ford automobiles .may be operated from a position under the steering Wheel thereof.

My invention is applicable only to Ford automobiles manufactured prior to the year A. D. 1926, such automobiles as manufactured having the said primer located on the dash of said automobiles in a position particularly difficult to reach from the drivers seat, Whereas the use of my invention will enable the operation of said primer from a convenient and accessible position, to Wit: under the steering Wheel of said automobiles, thereby accomplishing the object of my invention as aforesaid.

A preferred embodiment of my invention is shown in the drawings attached hereto and made a part of this specification, and my invention consists in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described aud claimed` it being understood that, Within lthe scope of what is claimed-changes in the precise embodiment of the invention shoivn can be made, Without 'departing from the spirit of the' invention.

ln the drawings- Figure l is a section through the dash of a Ford automobile as described showing a side elevation of my invention in use thereon;

Figure 2 is a section along the line Q-Q of Figure vl, showing a top plan vien7 of my invention.

Referring now more particularly to the drawings, A refers to the primer rod; B refers to the coil box and C to the steering column, all located on the dash D of .Ford automobiles as manufactured prior to the year A. D. 1926. E refers to the operating rod of my invention, said operating rod having provided at its upper end the linger pull 3, and at its`loiver end the. dependent finger 4. said rod E also being slidably positioned on the said steering column Cby means of the clamp 5. Pivotal y mounted on the bracket F positioned suitably on the dash D and to the left of the said coil box B, is the bell crank G, one arm of Said bell crank pivotably engaging the said dependent linger -i and the other arm pivotally engaging the dependent finger 6 ofthe transverse link H, said link H pivotally engaging at its other end with one arm of the bell crank J by means of the dependent finger 7 provided on said link H, the said bell crank J being pivotally mounted on the bracket K positioned suitably on the dash and to the right of the said coil box B, the other arm of the bell crank J pivotally engaging the push rod L by means of the dependent linger S provided on said push rod L the other end of said push rod having provided the right angularly projecting cir cular loop or ringI 9 suitably to lslidably engage the said primer rod 'A when the disc lO as manufactured on said automobile is removed therefrom for this purpose, said loop 9 being so constructed as to rest in juxtaposition tothe under side of said disc 10 when said disc is replaced on said rod A and my invention is in the non-operative position.

It is obvious that if motion is communicated to the operating` lever E by means of the finger pull 3, said motion will be trans mitt-ed across the dasli- D and thus to the primer rod A, substantially so as to actuate L n a u n Said primer rod A thereby accomplishing the purpose of my invention.

Having described my invention, what I claim is l. The combination, with an automobile including a primer rod, a dash, a coil box positioned thereon and a steering column, of brackets positioned on the said dash, and on either side of the said coil box, bell cranks pivotall i mounted on the said brackets, a link pivotally connecting the said bell cranks. a push rod slidably mounted on the said primer rod, said push rod being also pivotally mounted on the free arm of one of the said bell cranks, an operating rod slid-ably mounted on said steering column, said operating rod being also pivotally mountedon the free arm of the other of the said bell cranks1 and means for communi` eating the motion of said push rod to said primer rod. substantially as described.

2. A primer extension for comprising a primer rod mounted on the dash, an operating rod slidably mounted on the steering` column, a system of levers comprising ell cranks and links connected with said operating rod, means for supporting said levers. and means for communicating the motion of said levers to said rimer rod, all substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix' my signature.

BRUCE F. AHALT.

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